[ad_1] Of course, the alternative-play industry didn’t start with Xbox or even Nintendo. The true granddaddy of second-screen gaming was the Visual Memory Unit for the Sega Dreamcast. Originally released in Japan in 1998, it was a Frankenstein monster mash-up of three things: a memory card, an auxiliary display and a tiny standalone console, complete […]
Category: dreamcast
Readers look back on Sega’s final console
[ad_1] Hardware Users were fond of the Dreamcast hardware — specifically the plethora of peripherals, along with the onboard LAN and CD playback. Jarcoz said that “the keyboard, mouse and VGA box — and the easy online access — made this console a huge step ahead and bridged the gap between PC and console gamers.” […]
Sega is becoming its weird and wonderful self again
[ad_1] Even in its darkest years, though, Sega made some good calls. Intelligent mid-2000s acquisitions like Creative Assembly (Total War) and Sports Interactive (Football Manager) were joined in the ’10s by Relic Entertainment (Warhammer 40,000) and Amplitude Studios (Endless Space) to form a strong division in “Sega West.” This policy seems to be continuing: Sega […]